Matt Mills

From Escuela Grind's progressive grindcore to tongue-in-cheek nu metal from Chuggaboom, these are the bands you need to hear this month

The Finnish prog metallers tell the story of their fourteenth studio album Halo

In Flames have delivered their most exciting album in years with Foregone. Singer Anders Fridén explainsd they came back to the sound that made them famous

From a groundbreaking Muslim metal band to maverick virtuosos baiting the gatekeepers, these are the bands that will be on everyone’s lips this year

From Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal to Ghost’s Infestissumam, happy birthday to these absolute montsers

Lemmy, James Hetfield, Amy Lee, Slipknot’s Clown and more open up the haterade on their own songs

Dracula remains one of horror's most enduring icons. These are the essential films featuring our favourite Count

Avatar frontman Johannes Eckerström is aiming to "save heavy metal" with new album Dance Devil Dance

An audience with the original queen of symphonic metal

M. Night Shyamalan has a back-catalogue as patchy as a homemade quilt, but this Dave Bautista-led horror looks likely to play to the writer/director’s strengths

Serial killers! Dracula! Winnie-The-Pooh?! This year’s horror slate looks as diverse as it does ghastly.

From symphonic deathcore to neogothic Ukrainian black metal, these are the five bands you need to hear this month. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Check out Gaupa, Circles, Grace And Fire, Astrosaur and Onsegen Ensemble – five great new up and coming prog artists

Parkway Drive’s fearless frontman Winston McCall faces your questions on killer kids, wrestling sharks and how much fire he can handle

Sabaton’s armour-plated frontman talks new music, the war in Ukraine and the story that broke his heart

From Polynesian groove metal to gatekeeper-baiting ‘bimbocore’, these are the bands everyone will be listening to in 2023

From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months

Check out Polyphia, Exist Immortal, D_Drive, Hekla and Ghost Toast, five great new up and coming prog artists

From Andor to Wednesday, Stranger Things to Better Call Saul, these shows kept us glued to our screens in 2022

From Architects and Parkway Drive to Ithaca and Motionless In White, these are the 10 best metalcore albums of 2022

From Rammstein and Sabaton to Avatar and Ithaca, these are the best music videos you need to see from 2022

US metallers Irist incurred huge loses on their recent tour. And they say rising costs are only going to make things worse for bands – and fans

From Abbath and Blackbraid to Gaerea and Zeal & Ardor - these are the 10 best black metal albums of 2022

Everybody saw Smile and Halloween Ends, but which terrifying treats did the masses overlook in 2022?